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November 19, 2018

Opinion: ‘Time to close the loop’

Director of ACS Green Chemistry Institute comments on hazardous materials as barriers to circular economy

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November 16, 2018

UK Plastics Pact 2025 roadmap

UK’s Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) publishes UK Plastics Pact roadmap to 2025, outlines key actions to take to tackle plastic pollution

Topics: circular economy, plastics, pollution, recycling

Reading time: 1 minute

November 5, 2018

Meat packaging producer commits to circularity

Packaging company Sealed Air announces to make all of its plastic packaging, including meat packaging, fully recyclable and reusable by 2025

Topics: circular economy, recycling

Reading time: 1 minute

November 1, 2018

The complexity of plastics recycling

Article by EcoWatch outlines some of the challenges in recycling plastics, deems recycling no simple solution to plastic pollution

Topics: plastics, pollution, recycling

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November 1, 2018

UK to tax plastic packaging

UK government plans introducing tax on all plastic packaging containing less than 30% recycled content by April 2022

Topics: plastics, pollution, recycling, regulation

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October 31, 2018

Global commitment to tackle plastic pollution

Ellen MacArthur Foundation initiates New Plastics Economy Global Commitment to stop plastic pollution at source; 290+ organizations pledge to eliminate, innovate, circulate plastic packaging

Topics: circular economy, plastics, pollution, recycling

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October 25, 2018

New EFSA plastics recycling working group: 1^st meeting

EFSA’s CEP Panel working group on recycling plastics holds 1^st meeting; minutes now available online

Topics: EFSA, PET, plastics, recycling, risk assessment

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October 18, 2018

CEP Panel: 2^nd plenary meeting

EFSA’s CEP Panel held 2^nd plenary meeting on September 26-27, 2018; new food contact substances, PET recycling processes, evaluation of FCM legislation, updated risk assessment for phthalates discussed

Topics: EFSA, PET, plastics, recycling, regulation, risk assessment

Reading time: 2 minutes

October 17, 2018

Toxic chemicals in recycled plastics products

New study by environmental health organizations finds brominated flame retardants in children’s food contact articles and other products made of recycled plastics; call against recycling of hazardous waste

Topics: circular economy, endocrine disruptor, flame retardants, plastics, recycling

Reading time: 2 minutes

October 15, 2018

‘Next generation’ black plastics for easy sorting

Industry specialist discusses advantages of black plastics detectable by near-infrared light and thus amenable to automatic sorting; an increase in NIR sorting capacities and more awareness among retailers and public needed to decrease black plastics waste

Topics: circular economy, recycling

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